Members Present: K. Kuipers, M. Medvetz, E. Reimer,
Members Excused/Absent: J. Carter, I. Crummy,
Ex-Officio Present: N. Mattina, K. Ryan
Communications:
Chair Hinman was out sick and there was not a quorum.
The committee briefly discussed the issue with Anthropology’s addition of
several courses to the upper-division writing requirement without the courses
being reviewed. The committee suggested
that because it was an ASCRC oversight and the writing committee is a
subcommittee of ASCRC, it should make the determination.
Members agreed to vote on the response to the Kaimin editorial electronically. The response was printed in the Kaimin, Friday,
3/16/07.
Unfinished Business:
The committee discussed several revisions to the requirements
for lower-division and upper-division writing courses based on ASCRC comments (language
below).
Next the committee will need to create sample syllabi/ guide to informal
writing and discuss strategies to phase in implementation.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:00
p.m.
Requirements for Lower-Division Writing Courses
·
Limit enrollment to 25 students per
instructor or grader
·
Identify course outcomes in the syllabus
·
Provide students with detailed written
instructions, including criteria for evaluation, for all formal writing
assignments
·
Require students to write frequently for a
range of audiences, purposes, and genres
o
Formal or informal
o
Graded or ungraded
o
In-class or out-of-class
·
Provide feedback on students’ writing and
give students the opportunity to revise and resubmit at least one formal
writing assignment
·
Require each student individually to
compose at least 16 pages of writing for assessment over the course of the
semester
·
75% of students effort
involves writing
·
Base a significant
portion (at least 50% of a 3 credit
course or equivalent hours) of the course grade is based on student
performance on writing assignments
Requirements for Upper-Division Writing
Courses
·
Limit enrollment to 25 students per
instructor or grader
·
Identify course outcomes in the syllabus
·
Provide students with detailed written
instructions, including criteria for evaluation, for all formal writing
assignments
·
Require
students to write frequently for a range of audiences, purposes, and genres
o
Formal or informal
o
Graded or ungraded
o
In-class or out-of-class
·
Provide feedback on students’ writing and
give students the opportunity to revise and resubmit at least one formal
writing assignment
·
Require each student to individually
compose at least 20 pages of writing for assessment over the course of the
semester
·
Ensure an appropriate
proportion of students effort in class involves writing
·
Base a significant portion (at least
50% of a 3 credit course or equivalent hours) of the course grade on
student performance on writing assignments